Ready For The World | Oh Sheila (Change Request ReVision)
Today’s ReVision is my recreation of a song that for years I thought was produced by Prince, for its very academic Minneapolis instrumentation and production choices. Furthermore, I always thought this was written for and about Sheila E.
Come to find out, none of those things are true.
From Flint, MI and discovered by groundbreaking Detroit DJ, The Electrifying Mojo, Ready For The World signed to MCA in 1985. Releasing this single the same year, this song went to #1 on the R&B, Pop, and Hot Dance Club Play charts that year, becoming the first-ever single to hold the #1 spot on all three of these charts simultaneously.
The group disbanded in 1991 after many failed attempts to reclaim the success of their first two albums.
I have always loved this song, a definitive memory from my childhood, from rollerskating rings to raves, the most Prince song bit that Prince didn’t write.
